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Final Cut Pro 3 Course

Author : James Monohan

11hrs (180 Lessons) 2002-07-12

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Even if you are new to digital nonlinear editing, James Monohan can make you a proficient user in Final Cut Pro 3 with this comprehensive training. Virtual Training Company's 11-hour tutorial takes you from the basics of digital editing through configuring your system, capturing video, importing data, media management, keyframes, outputting, exporting, and much more. The author includes an extensive chapter on troubleshooting in Final Cut Pro 3. You can start learning this complex and powerful editing software now by clicking on one of the movie links below.

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Course: Final Cut Pro 3
Author: James Monohan
SKU: 33360
ISBN: 1930519559
Work Files: No
Captions: No
Subject: Multimedia & Video
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Course outline

FCP Basics

How to use this Tutorial (02:03)

FCP as a Video and Film Editor (01:52)

FCP as an Animator/Compositor (02:36)

FCP as an Offline/Online Solution (02:45)

FCP Required Hardware (02:18)

Configuring your FCP System

Initializing and Partitioning Drives (03:28)

Installing OS/QT/FCP (01:55)

Assigning RAM to the Application (01:42)

Monitor/Deck/Converter (03:06)

Starting Final Cut Pro

How to Trash Your Preferences (03:28)

Using Easy Setup (04:27)

Setting External Video Device (03:42)

Starting a New Project (05:19)

Updating Old FCP Files (02:53)

Choosing a Window Layout (03:27)

Setting/Saving a Custom View (03:39)

Preparing to Capture

Audio/Video Settings for Capture (05:17)

Preference Settings for Capture (05:03)

Creating Logging Bin (02:53)

Log and Capture Window (03:29)

Capture Settings Tab (03:07)

Clip Settings (05:13)

Log Settings 1: Reel Numbers (04:06)

Log Settings 2: Naming Clips (03:23)

The OfflineRT Option

What does Real Time mean? (01:43)

How does OfflineRT work? (03:58)

Specs for OnlineRT/OfflineRT (02:42)

Knowing which FX are RT (04:22)

Capturing PhotoJPEG (03:47)

Converting to PhotoJPEG (03:59)

Using stills in OfflineRT (03:01)

Offline to Online Conversion (02:30)

The Log and Capture Window

Controlling your DV Deck (03:00)

Capture Setting (02:38)

Clip Settings (02:49)

Logging Settings (06:10)

Capturing Video

Controlling your Deck/Camera (02:06)

Logging Your Footage (04:55)

Batch Capturing your Clips (04:46)

The Capture Now Alternative (02:35)

Capture Troubleshooting (05:43)

Audio/Video Preferences Window

Creating a Sequence Pre-Set (06:45)

Changing Sequence Settings On-the-Fly (03:44)

Change Sequence Settings contd (07:44)

Creating Capture Pre-Sets (03:11)

Creating Device Control Pre-Sets (04:05)

External Video Pre-Sets (04:05)

View External Video (02:41)

The Preference Window

General Settings (1) (08:02)

General Settings (2) (03:38)

General Settings (3) (05:41)

General Settings (4) (06:48)

Using the Auto-Save Vault (02:37)

Restore/Revert Project Commands (03:18)

User Mode and Timeline Options (08:26)

Labels (01:13)

External Editors (03:04)

The Scratch Disks Tab (04:19)

Preparing to Edit

Organizing Shots in the Browser (02:39)

Setting Clip Views in the Browser (02:23)

Creating a Sequence (04:20)

The Browser

The Info Columns (04:22)

Customizing Info Columns (02:14)

The Cool Thumbnail View (01:27)

Control Commands (1) (04:32)

Control Commands (2) (02:24)

Control Commands (3) (01:26)

Navigating in the Browser (04:49)

Checking Item Properties (04:50)

Make Offline Command (02:32)

Browser Tabs (04:30)

Importing Media into FCP

Importing Video Clips (02:22)

Importing Folders (02:33)

Importing Music/Sounds from CD (05:02)

Importing Stills (1) (03:48)

Importing Stills (2) (05:35)

Basic Editing

An Introduction to the Viewer (04:37)

Setting the In and Out Points of Your Clip (03:02)

Changing In and out Points (03:21)

An Introduction to the Canvas (02:37)

Setting In and out Points in the Canvas/Timeline (05:51)

Insert Editing (05:31)

Overwrite Editing (02:29)

Drag and Drop Editing (02:51)

Shortening and Extending (04:07)

Using Lift (02:43)

Using Ripple Delete (01:43)

Track Forward Tool (04:38)

Ripple Trim (05:24)

Roll Trim (03:18)

The Viewer: Video Tab

Using the Timecode Windows (06:06)

Setting Clip View/Zooming (03:44)

Choosing a Background (02:53)

Square and non-square pixels (01:57)

Title Safe/Timecode Overlay (05:26)

Recent Items/The Generator (04:53)

Play Controls (05:06)

Go To Controls (02:25)

Changing In and out Points (03:21)

Loading Clips from the Timeline (01:59)

Audio Tab/Overview (03:01)

Audio/Using Waveforms (02:47)

Audio/Level Keyframes (03:46)

The Tools

Tools (1) (06:51)

Tools (2) (01:35)

Editing: Intermediate Techniques

Moving Around the Timeline (02:06)

Using Markers (04:36)

Play Commands (02:48)

Split Edits (02:07)

Pen Tool for Opacity/Levels (03:39)

Locking Tracks (02:13)

Linked Selection/Linked Clips (04:11)

Track Monitoring/Soloing (03:29)

Copying and Switching (03:06)

Snapping (02:07)

Copying Transitions (01:03)

The Trim Window

Entering Trim Edit (03:28)

Entering/Exiting Trim Edit (01:07)

Selecting Transition Points (02:42)

Playing in the Trim Window (03:34)

Performing a Roll Edit (03:36)

Performing a Ripple Edit (03:34)

The Motion Tab

Intro to Basic Motion (02:39)

Scale (03:43)

Center (02:55)

Rotation and Anchor Point (03:32)

Crop (03:00)

Distort (02:06)

Opacity (05:35)

Motion Blur (03:34)

Drop Shadow (01:57)

Creating FCP Text

Basic Text (1) (04:46)

Basic Text (2) (05:08)

Outline Text (1) (03:48)

Outline Text (2) (02:39)

Effects: Basic Transitions

Cross Dissolves (1) (04:36)

Cross Dissolves (2) (03:02)

Changing/Copying (01:55)

Deleting/Customizing Transitions (02:04)

Audio Dissolves (02:45)

Effects: SFX and Filters

Applying Filters (03:25)

Creating Favorite Filter (01:34)

Creating a Freeze Frame (02:28)

Fast/Slow and Reverse Motion (05:20)

Using Paste Attributes (05:17)

Using Remove Attributes (01:57)

The Color Corrector 3-Way

Color Corrector (1) (01:47)

Color Corrector (2) (04:44)

Color Corrector (3) (06:38)

Setting Auto Black/White (01:54)

Using The Tool Bench (06:38)

Using the Limit Effect (04:48)

Using the Desaturate Highs/Lows filter (01:58)

Using Keyframes

Setting Keyframes (05:48)

Changing/Moving/Deleting (02:41)

Keyframing with Image + Wireframe (06:43)

Hands-On Keyframing in the Timeline (03:16)

The Voice Over Tool

Using the Voice Over Tool (04:20)

Media Management

Intro to the Media Manager (00:52)

Copy/Move Media (01:41)

Going from Online to Offline (02:21)

Going from Offline to Online (02:07)

Deleting Unused footage (02:32)

Managing Render Files (01:17)

Force Offline/Reconnect (03:15)

Outputting your Project

Mixing Down Audio (01:32)

Rendering Before Output (01:12)

Using Render All (01:10)

Print to Tape (03:48)

Black Your Tape (00:56)

Using the Edit to Tape Feature (03:04)

Exporting Features

Export Final Cut Pro Movie (03:25)

Export Quicktime (03:16)

Batch Exporting (02:27)

Troubleshooting

Trashing Your Preferences (02:40)

Extension Management (01:43)

Dropped Frames (03:38)

Simplying Your Project (03:23)

Projects that Won't Open (1) (03:23)

Projects that Won't Open (2) (03:23)